Articles by CDI Staff
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A Chinese pastor freed from prison three months ago joined advocates at a religious freedom conference in Dallas, Texas, on Monday (Sept. 28) in urging Christians to pray and speak out for those jailed for their faith. Speakers credited such pressure with helping win the pastor’s release. -
Franklin Graham to preach God’s love in Manchester, England
Hundreds of evangelical churches across northwest England are preparing to bring thousands of people to Manchester’s Co-op Live arena next month, where American evangelist Rev. Franklin Graham will headline the latest stop of his “God Loves You Tour.” -
Zurich Reformed Church members narrowly approve binding climate targets for church buildings
Members of the Evangelical Reformed Church of the Canton of Zurich have voted to write climate targets into the church's constitution, including net-zero greenhouse gas emissions from church buildings by 2035. -
Pope Leo warns against 'false compassion' as assisted dying laws spread
Pope Leo XIV told sick pilgrims and health care workers in Lourdes, France, on Sunday (Sept. 27) that they "must reject the temptation to cause death under the guise of false compassion," Vatican News reported. -
Swiss court upholds withdrawal of accreditation from theology school STH Basel
Switzerland's Federal Administrative Court has rejected an appeal by STH Basel, a private Protestant theological university, against the loss of its accreditation as a university-level institution, the Swiss evangelical news portal Livenet.ch reported. -
Probe ties brother of Pakistani cleric stripped of Lambeth award to blasphemy network
A British newspaper investigation alleging that the brother of Pakistan Ulema Council (PUC) Chairman Hafiz Muhammad Tahir Mahmood Ashrafi is connected to a network accused of using Pakistan’s blasphemy laws to abduct, torture and extort people has raised fresh questions about Ashrafi’s own defense of his brother and the Church of Pakistan’s decision to endorse him as an advocate for religious harmony. -
Global evangelical body presses Israel at UN to stop settler violence in West Bank
The World Evangelical Alliance urged Israel on Tuesday to rein in settler violence and halt settlement expansion in the occupied West Bank, telling the U.N. Human Rights Council it was particularly concerned about Taybeh, which the group described as the territory's last predominantly Christian village. -
'From textbooks to a hand-copied Bible': More than 500 North Korean records collected over 20 years go on display
A New Testament and a hymnal said to have been copied out by hand by a North Korean believer are among the items in a new exhibition that opened to the public Sept. 21 at the Database Center for North Korean Human Rights (NKDB). -
New chair of Jersey’s Assisted Dying Service previously said 'assisted suicide does harm others'
A new chair appointed to oversee the implementation of Jersey’s Assisted Dying Service previously argued that allowing doctors to prescribe medication with the intent of causing death would fundamentally change the relationship between doctors and their patients. -
Gospel Publishing House name returns as Assemblies of God publishing ministry resets
Gospel Publishing House, the founding publishing brand of the Assemblies of God in the United States, is returning to its original name after operating as My Healthy Church since 2010. -
Räsänen receives award for courage
Finnish Member of Parliament Päivi Räsänen has been awarded the prestigious Dominus Vitae Award by U.S.-based ministry Lutherans For Life, honoring her courage in standing up for biblical truth and human dignity despite facing severe public opposition and legal challenges in Europe. -
Record 2,400 Christian leaders gather in Atlanta for CAFO2026 child welfare summit
More than 2,400 Christian child welfare leaders from across the United States and at least 50 countries gathered in Atlanta on Wednesday for the opening of CAFO2026, marking the largest attendance in the annual conference's 22-year history.
